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�Help! I Have No Focus�: Student-Centered Discussions on WebCT (Part II)

American University in Cairo. Center for Learning and Teaching

Abstract:

One example of an assignment that worked was having students read a particular article and then post two questions that they had regarding the article. The process went like this. The first student to post simply put up two questions. The next student had to respond to the first student�s posting and add questions: at least one question that came from the article, and had nothing to do with the first posting, and one that came from the posting to which they were replying. Their questions had to be on the board before the next class. This ensured that everyone read the article (one of the main reasons traditional class discussions were not working was that many of the students hadn�t read and thought they could get by with just listening to the in-class discussion).

Description:

Newsletter of the Center for Learning and Teaching at the American University in Cairo.